They would have to close the door as everyone West and North West of NYC ( excluding Schenectady and Albany ) would be trying to get aboard and get away from the perfumed Prince Andrew and the dysfunction that is NY State.
It reality it is FOUR counties, not just a few towns. I hope they can figure something out. The Utica Shale is there too. Clean, dry and local. They have a chance, may take a few years. But, all of upstate NY should let the downstaters screw their own lives up.